Articles filed under Education
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Stevenson High School mourns veteran math teacherDec 26, 2013 5:00 pm - Students, teachers and others in the Stevenson High School community are mourning the death of Mary Layco, who taught mathematics at the Lincolnshire school for more tha...
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Calif. schools prepare for transgender rights lawDec 26, 2013 4:34 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — With a law that spells out the rights of transgender students in grades K-12 set to take effect in California, school districts are reviewing locker room...
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District 25 names fund for former principalDec 26, 2013 1:54 pm - Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 has started a new fund in honor of a former principal that will collect money to help children in need in the district. The Bern...
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Fixed rates are latest in college tuition plansDec 25, 2013 5:15 am - MILWAUKEE — Freshmen at Wisconsin’s Northland College will pay no more than $30,450 in tuition next year. They’ll pay the same the following year. And the year after tha...
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Agency overrules Chicago district on charter schoolsDec 23, 2013 3:13 pm - A relatively unknown state agency has overruled Chicago Public Schools and ordered the district to approve and fund two new charter schools run by a group supported by I...
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N. Aurora teacher wins top award in agricultureDec 22, 2013 7:00 am - Cathy Britts-Axen isn't the type to take all of the credit for herself. So when she recently found out Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom named her its 2014 Teacher ...
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Schools seeing more diversity than communities they serveDec 22, 2013 4:30 am - With each passing year, minorities have become the majority group in more suburban school districts. School systems based in Palatine, Gurnee, Vernon Hills and Carol Str...
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Algonquin teacher wins award from ObamaDec 21, 2013 4:00 pm - Algonquin teacher Lisa Feltman, one of 102 recipients nationally of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, says her absolute passion ...
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Hawthorn IMRF contributionDec 20, 2013 2:46 pm - Hawthorn Elementary District 73 will make a $500,000 payment to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund in an effort to reduce its $4 million unfunded liability to the re...
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Lombard students, senior citizens make blankets for hospice patientsDec 20, 2013 11:24 am - Students from Trinity Lutheran School in Lombard recently had a chance to work with senior citizens to make blankets for hospice residents at Lexington Health Center. Th...